The transport ministry said its proposal came as a result of airlines complaining about a rise in disruption caused by inebriated travellers.

Last summer, a BMI flight from Moscow to London had to turn back after a woman began removing fellow passengers' glasses and doing erotic dances in the aisle. A drunken 22-year-old man was arrested last month after telling other passengers on a flight taking off from the Russian Far East that there was a bomb on board.

Under the proposed changes, passengers will still be served limited alcoholic refreshments but will be unable to swig at will from their own supplies.

In draft amendments to Russia's Aviation Code published on its website, the transport ministry said duty free drinks bought either in airports or during flights should be handed over to air stewards.

"In the interests of air safety, alcoholic products will be handed back to passengers at the end of the flight," it said.

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Aeroflot recorded 1,100 mostly drink-related disturbances during flights between 2009 and 2012, the ministry claimed.

Passengers are not the only ones to fall prey to drink on Russian aircraft. In a case of "reverse air-rage" two Aeroflot fight attendants gave a traveller a black eye in 2004 after he complained they were intoxicated. The pair had lurched about, spilling several lunches over people and on the floor.

Last year, accident investigators found the navigator of a Tu-123 that crashed in northwest Russia killing 47 people was under the influence of vodka.

The proposed ban on drinking duty free alcohol on flights will be passed to the Economics Ministry before being reviewed by the State Duma lower house of parliament.